CROWDER, ENOCH HERBERT

born April 11, 1859, Edinburg, Mo., U.S. died May 7, 1932, Washington, D.C. U.S. Army officer and administrator of the Selective Service Act in World War I. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (1881), Crowder fought with the cavalry against Indians in the West (188185). After serving as judge advocate to U.S. troops in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War, he was sent to Cuba, where he served (190608) as secretary of state and justice. He became judge advocate general of the U.S. Army in 1911 and was appointed provost marshal to administer the Selective Service Act when the law was enacted (May 1917). Crowder was U.S. ambassador to Cuba from 1923 to 1927.